John Whitney

(April 8, 1917 - September 22, 1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor. His work as a director of animation at UPA studios in 1955 led him to a partnership with Saul Bass. The team produced such work as the opening sequence for the Alfred Hitchcock film 'Vertigo', and the television graphics for shows with Dinah Shore and Bob Hope. In 1960 he was able to found the aptly names company "Motion Graphics Incorporated". Most of the work completed at Motion Graphics was created with a "mechanical analog computer for specialized animation with typography and concrete design" (Youngblood, 1970) that Whitney invented. His work with the analog computer gave Whitney worldwide recognition, and one that did not fail to gain the attention of the International Business Machines company. The film, or rather collection of analog effects entitled catalog, was completed in 1961, a 7 minute, full colour exploration of visual effects set to music of Ornette Coleman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbV7loKp69s - "Catalog" 1961